Hundreds of firefighters fought more than 50 forest fires in Greece. Fanned by strong wind and great heat, the fires raged yesterday in several parts of the country.
On the island of Elafonissos a campsite and a hotel had to be evacuated. Near the marathon near Athens, a children’s camp was cleared for security reasons, as the official news agency ANA reported.
Marathon is located near the seaside resort of Mati, where 102 people died in a forest fire last year. Also tomorrow, temperatures of around 40 degrees Celsius and strong winds have been announced for Greece. Civil protection chief Nikos Hardalias had put the emergency services and fire departments on alert because of the extreme weather conditions with strong gusts, extreme drought and great heat.
